Community Crunch Contests: ARKitect, ARKVideo, NVIDIA ANSEL,& PGM CONTESTS!

[Jatheish]

Hello, Survivors!

Each week we run community contests for all players (all platforms included where possible) where you can win lots of cash prizes! Below is the different type of contests that take place. Try your hand and share some of your creations with us today!

ARK NVIDIA Ansel Photography Contest!

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This weekly screenshot competition asks players to take in-game photographs from either ARK: Survival Evolved or our new desert themed expansion pack ARK: Scorched Earth using NVIDIA Ansel, and meet the category requirements listed below.

Winners will be announced during ARK’s regular “Community Crunch” blog post. Each winner (3) will receive $100 each and each runner up will receive $50. Want to enter? ARK-Ansel screenshot entries should be e-mailed to anselcontest@studiowildcard.com

If you need a place to upload a file for the contest, make use of Wetransfer which will allow up to 2gb for free!

Please note: Ansel submissions are limited to a total of 15 per person!

Three Categories

• Super Resolution: These should be taken at 8x Super Resolution. Players can optionally use Depth of Field effects accessible in Spectator mode by pressing the [Delete] key.
• Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D: These should be taken at 4x Super Resolution,  in 360 Stereoscopic 3D mode. We will crop them to 2D for web display, while also providing the 3D version for viewing within VR display. Check out your 360 Stereo results on your HMD or on your Android Phone with NVIDIA VR Viewer 
• Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category!

When entering the contest please name your entries and make sure that they include:

• Name
• Image Title
• Category

An example would be

Wildcard Jat - Evolution Event - Super Resolution

Ansel is a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots.  Compose a shot from any position, adjust with post-process filters, capture HDR images in high-fidelity formats, and share the screenshots in 360 via a smartphone, PC or VR headset. Learn more about these features in the Ansel Technology page and the NVIDIA blog.

How to run NVIDIA Ansel

First of all, you'll want to make sure you're running the latest Nvidia Geforce Drivers - so head over to http://www.geforce.com/ and get downloading!

Once setup and ready to go, right click ARK: Survival Evolved in your steam library and you'll see the option to Launch ARK with NVIDIA Ansel

Select this and head into a single player game, regardless of the map or the mod. Once you're in game, you can immediately press ALT + F2 to get into Ansel Photography mode and start taking snaps.

or you can type in the following command in the console:

cheat enablespectator

Once that is enabled, hit your DELETE key and it'll open the Depth of Field Options menu where you can play around with the games DOF.

Then hit ALT+F2 and take some awesome Ansel photography!

Here's a little tip from Jesse:

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You can also type "enablespectator true" in the console to fly around before you take your shot, and hit the "Home" key to level your camera if you want to keep people from feeling sick on a 360 stereo VR screenshot.

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Procedurally Generated Maps!

Welcome to the newest contest in our Community Crunch, PGMs! Players will be able to show off their creations for a chance to win a 100$ Steam Gift card or $50 cash for runners-up, plus get their map featured in the next set of Official Extinction server maps! That's right, your map could be featured as an Official Server for a one month period!

Please include the following in your entry post:

• Map Name:
• Media (Videos, Screenshots, etc):
• PGM Settings:

Media content of your procedurally generated map can include videos, screenshots, and live stream vods - anything you want in which we'll be able to visually see how your map looks. You can even get players on it and have them build or battle out a PvP game to show what it's capable of! 

The PGM settings used to create the map can be found your game.ini - That's most likely in:

Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini

or

\Saved\Config\Windows or WindowsServer or LinuxServer etc)\Game.ini

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
PGMapName= ...
PGTerrainPropertiesString= ...

For extra details about PGM, check out this thread here:

And of course, if you are using a special modded Procedural ARK Generator, let us know and share it with us!

ARKitect!

This is an award ($200 prize for first and $100 for any runners up) given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judge based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! At the end of each week, the winners and runner-ups will be featured in our #ARKitect section of the Community Crunch and will be awarded cash prizes! 

Note: We've had a lot of requests regarding the use of mods - go for it! We'd love to see how mods have influenced your bases

ARKVideo!

This contest is open to all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Winning this content will net you a $200 prize for first and $100 for any runners up. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! Send us in your videos and we cannot wait to watch them! We're really interested in seeing the latest video creations you guys have put together - so show us something fresh!

Uploading the images

Please upload the images to the gallery section of our New Community Hub - you can create your own album and directly link us to that or attach it to your post! Please remember to post your entry to this thread specifically! If you're not able to upload directly to the gallery, don't sweat as imgur will work fine too!

http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/gallery/

Looking forward to seeing the entries!

[TheCouchPotatoYT]

Hey there everyone! For this weeks Montage Monday, I decided to try out building the Tower Bridge in London!  Hope you enjoy!  

 

[Wolf Angelus]

I was expecting an Ansel submission limit to come, although 15 is overly generous still lol

Some Easter Themed Content this week! The other bit will be in Ansel.
There was one Easter themed building that came to mind, no mods required for the building (optional mods to some bonus decor bits).

If Easter isn't coming to ARK, you just have to make it happen yourself like this, with...

A cute, festive...
Easter Basket House!

ARKitect Submission:
Beware, Chocolate Dino's in Basket may bite back!
****I hope that the use of live "chocolate" dino's count towards ARKitecting for their role here, since they are technically a "tool" within the game too. That is supposed to be one of the key "cute" appeal points here.

PGM Submission:
Map Name: 3D Island



PGM Settings:
PGMapName=3DIsland
PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=858;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=7;Mountains Frequency=8.5;Mountains Slope=2.04;MountainsHeight=1.94;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.05;ErosionSteps=4;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.5;ErosionStrength=0.75;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.15;RWBiomeSize=0.12;MountainBiomeStart=-0.35;MountainsTreeDensity=0.06;JungleBiomeStart=-0.65;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.2;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.007;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.03;TreeDensity=0.005;JungleTreeDensity=0.55;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.031;SnowTreeDensity=1.2;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.07;ShoreTreeDensity=0.32;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.04;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.01;ShorelineThickness=0.015;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.15;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.5f,Y=0.5f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.35f,Y=0.35f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f)

[Zergling963]

Haven't been able to do much this week due to heading away for easter so couldn't get my arkitect build etc finished but I did manage to do a WIP base tour howing you around my base and explaining ideas/things that are happening! Hopefully I can get back to it when I am home next week since I don't currently have my PC with me

This is for ArkVideo

Enjoy
 

 

[Vargen Saphia]

ARK Video submission

Made by Vargen Saphia. The video is called Epiv PVP Ark Primitive Official. I want to submit it as an entry to ARK Video.

 

[MeeMaw]

ARK Video Submission

Our server had an paracer event.  Was a hoot n a half!

FLOWER POWER!

 

[RedSoul132]

Q&A: The Thylacoleo in the dev kit has a claw attack and the ability to climb side ways. These are unused in the current Thylacoleo  in game. Question is do you guys plan on giving Thylacoleo the unused claw attack and the ability to climb sideways later on? 

 

Edit: Wrong place. My bad though this was I could ask Q&A for the community church.

[GP]

3 minutes ago, RedSoul132 said:

Q&A: The Thylacoleo in the dev kit has a claw attack and the ability to climb side ways. These are unused in the current Thylacoleo  in game. Question is do you guys plan on giving Thylacoleo the unused claw attack and the ability to climb sideways later on?

This is not the place for questions. If you want to ask question you are better off posting it in the Digest thread: 

 

[AxeMan]

Hey guys it's the Axeman here with another entry for ARK VIDEO this week i find and kill the legendary Great Albino Leedsichthys, the reward for taking down this beast is AWESOME!!!!

-AXEMAN

[TagBackTV]

Hello all! 

Going To Submit My Equus Jousting Arena for this weeks Arkitect! Had a lot of fun with this build  

 

[EXFIB0]

@Jat I am really sorry if you get asked this a lot but do you guys have any infomation about when the prizes are going to be sent?

Usually you email us a bit beforehand and we are informed and it's been about two months since you last sent us the last prizes. Also I read something about implementing a payment system in the survivetheark site itself and I think that this would be awesome if done right.

Thank you for your time. See you guys on Saturday! (hopefuly)  

[Zergling963]

4 hours ago, EXFIB0 said:

@Jat I am really sorry if you get asked this a lot but do you guys have any infomation about when the prizes are going to be sent?

Usually you email us a bit beforehand and we are informed and it's been about two months since you last sent us the last prizes. Also I read something about implementing a payment system in the survivetheark site itself and I think that this would be awesome if done right.

Thank you for your time. See you guys on Saturday! (hopefuly)  

Honestly I can't speak for the devs as am guessing they are busy since I didn't get a response asking if it was okay to do dev kit videos of a map I am making or not! But after the first time I won I never heard from them again after I won that first time and I have won twice since! First 2 times I was paid for and only recently came back so honestly don't expect to hear from them before you get paid as it just happens. I never have except for the first time when they needed me to sign the form to authorise payment etc.

Hope this helps but I wouldn't expect to hear from them before payment as I never have except for that very first time and I have also heard that is the case from Wolf Angelus when I asked this in the past in the off topic forum about payment ages ago.

[Lusaka6]

I made this on my Xbox one console, it's Barad Dur with the Eye of Sauron, the glow effect in the eye is made by artifacts pressed against the wall. To make the foundation you need admin commands to be able place the foundation in lava. It reached the maximum height in its area. For the Arkitect contest.

[Zergling963]

43 minutes ago, Lusaka6 said:

I made this on my Xbox one console, it's Barad Dur with the Eye of Sauron, the glow effect in the eye is made by artifacts pressed against the wall. To make the foundation you need admin commands to be able place the foundation in lava. It reached the maximum height in its area. For the Arkitect contest.

This one looks similar to one entered last week?? Just an observation Nice job though looks awesome

[Valoule]

Hello ! There my work for this week : 

Red Baron  Good easter everyone !

http://imgur.com/a/9y2ZR for more on IMGUR 

And for the 360° nvidia contest, (i hope the picture need to be like that) 

Easter nightmare : 

 

[gOOglyOwl]

ARK Video Our safari to the scorched, such fun

[SWChris]

Here is my submission for the ARK Video contest. (Assuming we can only enter in one right?) This is a building tutorial for a whimsical Paraceratherium base based off of Howl's Flying Castle. This one's designed to be built using the default ARK platform settings so you don't need to modify anything to make it. 

 

[EXFIB0]

Here is my PGM submission for this week: 

PGMapName=ProceduralARK20170415002002
PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=674;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=5.464133;Mountains Frequency=4.284921;Mountains Slope=1.338972;MountainsHeight=0.760205;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.02;ErosionSteps=4;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.5;ErosionStrength=0.75;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.559395;RWBiomeSize=0.097248;MountainBiomeStart=-0.640841;MountainsTreeDensity=0.01;JungleBiomeStart=-0.632418;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.1;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.05;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.01;TreeDensity=0.003;JungleTreeDensity=0.66;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.35;SnowTreeDensity=1.0;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.1;ShoreTreeDensity=0.05;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.025;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.01;ShorelineThickness=0.0015;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.1;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.2f,Y=0.2f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.5f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f)
PGLastPreset=0

[LameWolfProductions]

Lame Wolf's Submissions to ARK Video

BEWARE THE RABID EQUUS!

What happens when a rabid horse goes loose in a science facility? Two scientists find out.

 

ATTACK OF THE CLONES

After a science experiment gets out of hand, a large quantity of hostile clones are created.

 

[Jatheish]

I'll send an email out regarding prizes, we should be able to get caught up this month though

 

[Zergling963]

5 hours ago, LameWolfProductions said:

Lame Wolf's Submissions to ARK Video

BEWARE THE RABID EQUUS!

What happens when a rabid horse goes loose in a science facility? Two scientists find out.

 

ATTACK OF THE CLONES

After a science experiment gets out of hand, a large quantity of hostile clones are created.

 

Love these productions! So amusing and entertaining have started watching different ones more lately! Thanks for sharing them

[Zergling963]

1 hour ago, Jat said:

I'll send an email out regarding prizes, we should be able to get caught up this month though

 

Thanks Jat Love this game its the best! Happy Easter to you all from Australia

[roguewolf]

18 hours ago, Jat said:

I'll send an email out regarding prizes, we should be able to get caught up this month though

 

Hi, just wanted to say thank you for selecting my photo "The Hunted" as the winner for this weeks super resolution contest! This is my first time winning and was just wondering, how will the prize be paid out?

[AngryMan]

On 13/04/2017 at 6:47 AM, Jat said:

Hello, Survivors!

Each week we run community contests for all players (all platforms included where possible) where you can win lots of cash prizes! Below is the different type of contests that take place. Try your hand and share some of your creations with us today!

ARK NVIDIA Ansel Photography Contest!

[SUPER RES VERSION]

This weekly screenshot competition asks players to take in-game photographs from either ARK: Survival Evolved or our new desert themed expansion pack ARK: Scorched Earth using NVIDIA Ansel, and meet the category requirements listed below.

Winners will be announced during ARK’s regular “Community Crunch” blog post. Each winner (3) will receive $100 each and each runner up will receive $50. Want to enter? ARK-Ansel screenshot entries should be e-mailed to anselcontest@studiowildcard.com

If you need a place to upload a file for the contest, make use of Wetransfer which will allow up to 2gb for free!

Please note: Ansel submissions are limited to a total of 15 per person!

Three Categories

• Super Resolution: These should be taken at 8x Super Resolution. Players can optionally use Depth of Field effects accessible in Spectator mode by pressing the [Delete] key.
• Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D: These should be taken at 4x Super Resolution,  in 360 Stereoscopic 3D mode. We will crop them to 2D for web display, while also providing the 3D version for viewing within VR display. Check out your 360 Stereo results on your HMD or on your Android Phone with NVIDIA VR Viewer 
• Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category!

When entering the contest please name your entries and make sure that they include:

• Name
• Image Title
• Category

An example would be

Wildcard Jat - Evolution Event - Super Resolution

Ansel is a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots.  Compose a shot from any position, adjust with post-process filters, capture HDR images in high-fidelity formats, and share the screenshots in 360 via a smartphone, PC or VR headset. Learn more about these features in the Ansel Technology page and the NVIDIA blog.

How to run NVIDIA Ansel

First of all, you'll want to make sure you're running the latest Nvidia Geforce Drivers - so head over to http://www.geforce.com/ and get downloading!

Once setup and ready to go, right click ARK: Survival Evolved in your steam library and you'll see the option to Launch ARK with NVIDIA Ansel

Select this and head into a single player game, regardless of the map or the mod. Once you're in game, you can immediately press ALT + F2 to get into Ansel Photography mode and start taking snaps.

or you can type in the following command in the console:

cheat enablespectator

Once that is enabled, hit your DELETE key and it'll open the Depth of Field Options menu where you can play around with the games DOF.

Then hit ALT+F2 and take some awesome Ansel photography!

Here's a little tip from Jesse:

Procedurally Generated Maps!

Welcome to the newest contest in our Community Crunch, PGMs! Players will be able to show off their creations for a chance to win a 100$ Steam Gift card or $50 cash for runners-up, plus get their map featured in the next set of Official Extinction server maps! That's right, your map could be featured as an Official Server for a one month period!

Please include the following in your entry post:

• Map Name:
• Media (Videos, Screenshots, etc):
• PGM Settings:

Media content of your procedurally generated map can include videos, screenshots, and live stream vods - anything you want in which we'll be able to visually see how your map looks. You can even get players on it and have them build or battle out a PvP game to show what it's capable of! 

The PGM settings used to create the map can be found your game.ini - That's most likely in:

Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini

or

\Saved\Config\Windows or WindowsServer or LinuxServer etc)\Game.ini

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
PGMapName= ...
PGTerrainPropertiesString= ...

For extra details about PGM, check out this thread here:

And of course, if you are using a special modded Procedural ARK Generator, let us know and share it with us!

ARKitect!

This is an award ($200 prize for first and $100 for any runners up) given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judge based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! At the end of each week, the winners and runner-ups will be featured in our #ARKitect section of the Community Crunch and will be awarded cash prizes! 

Note: We've had a lot of requests regarding the use of mods - go for it! We'd love to see how mods have influenced your bases

ARKVideo!

This contest is open to all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Winning this content will net you a $200 prize for first and $100 for any runners up. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! Send us in your videos and we cannot wait to watch them! We're really interested in seeing the latest video creations you guys have put together - so show us something fresh!

Uploading the images

Please upload the images to the gallery section of our New Community Hub - you can create your own album and directly link us to that or attach it to your post! Please remember to post your entry to this thread specifically! If you're not able to upload directly to the gallery, don't sweat as imgur will work fine too!

http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/gallery/

Looking forward to seeing the entries!

so what do you use this content for to promote the game? wow , lazy